With the six-time Olympic champion and world-record-holder Bolt only competing in the 4x100m relay after an injury-hit season, the 22-year-old Bailey-Cole seized his chance and sped to victory in a time of 10 seconds flat at Hampden Park.

"I didn't feel any pressure, I just went out there and executed my own race, but it wasn't that perfect," he told reporters.

Like Bolt often does, Bailey-Cole made a slow start on a blustery Glasgow evening but his long stride helped him claw his way back into the main group and he powered past England's Adam Gemili, who finished second in a time of 10.10 seconds. Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade (10.12) claimed bronze.

"From the start it wasn't good but the rest of it was okay," Bailey-Cole said.

"The coaches out there just told me to go out and win and I did exactly that.

"I just listened to the coach, who says even if I don't get a good start just hold my composure and drive right through.

"The aim was to come out here and win and I did just that. I said to myself, 'These guys can't beat me'."

Okagbare coasts to gold

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare dominated the women's 100m, winning the gold medal in a Games record time ahead of veteran Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown.

Okagbare, who won bronze in the 200m at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, had qualified fastest for the women's final in 10.93 seconds, ahead of Campbell-Brown in 11.02 and another Jamaican Kerron Stewart in 11.20.

In the final Okagbare got off to a good start and was quickly into stride, and by the 40m mark she began to go clear of the field, powering away to victory in a Games-record time of 10.85 seconds.

"It is an honour and the reaction back home is going to be absolutely amazing," Okagbare said.

"All my preparations have been based on these Commonwealth Games so I had expected to run a fast time and I am so happy I can't explain.

"Everything has come together, it all just fell in place."

Campbell-Brown had no answer to the power and speed of Okagbare, and she came home for silver in 11.03, followed by Stewart in 11.07.

Campbell-Brown had tested positive for a banned diuretic in June 2013, and was banned for two years by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

However, the sanction was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February this year, ruling she had not been guilty of any violation.